[78-L] European Sound Recording Copyright Extension

[Bill Clark]

It seems the EU have just passed the legislation.

http://euroalert.net/en/news.aspx?idn=13408

It is worth downloading the EU document:

http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/11/pe00/pe00016.en11.pdf

referred to in the article.

The key paragraph I think is on page 14 but I still can't decide if it
revives copyright on existing public domain items.  My reading is that it
doesn't.  Any lawyers out there who can explain this to us?

Bill Clark

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Bunting" <alanbuntinguk at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 1:24 PM
Subject: [78-L] European Sound Recording Copyright Extension


Potentially bad news if what is reported here actually happens next week:

http://soundcopyright.eu/node/84

Problem is that the Proposal they are likely to vote through has so many 
unanswered questions and omissions that it will keep the lawyers going for 
years to come.

Biggest question is whether or not it is going to be retrospective - to date 
no EU legislation has been, but the EU is so unpredictable and illogical 
that there's always a first time. If it isn't retrospective then the fact 
that recordings up to 1961 would remain public domain will probably keep the 
majority of 78-L members reasonably happy.

Alan Bunting
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